Happy Birthday America!!!!

This 4th of July we had a little family get-together at my house. The family included Chris' parents, my parents, my sister and her friend, Lisa and all the Weaver kiddos. Dart, unfortunately, was out of town. We had the usual hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and dip, homemade ice cream and of course, watermelon. We also celebrated with a cake with sparklers on it.











After we filled our bellies, most everyone headed home. We loaded up and headed to Hartsville to see the fireworks. It was a nice show of fireworks.

We got home to then put on our own show. The kids love to do this every year. It is one of our family traditions.

It was a great 4th!!!

Happy 90th birthday, Grandmother!!!

My grandmother turned 90 this year. She is so dear to me. Not only is she my grandmother but she is and has been my neighbor for 18 years. She is the best neighbor EVER. I just love her so much. I pray she will have many more happy birthdays. She is a blessing in my life.

First Fruits

We planted a garden this year. It is a very small garden. It is a raised-bed. We took 2 x 6's and made a square of them. We then added a load of dirt and planted our veggies. We planted okra, beans, squash, tomatoes and cucumbers. All the plants have fruit on them but today I got to pick some ripe tomatoes and two beans. Thank you, God for our food!!! My first fruits were given to my grandmother.

A 2 1/2 hour devotional

I do not go to movies often. I am so picky (and cheap) that I don't want to spend the time or money on something I am not absolutely sure I am going to love. We went to see "Prince Caspian". It was WONDERFUL. I highly recommend it. Karis and I went together. It was a 2 1/2 hour movie and my wiggly little 6 year old girl sat through the whole thing. We both loved it. It is not a waste of time nor a waste of money. With the spiritual allegory, it was like a 2 1/2 hour devotional.

My fearless daughter

As I was sitting here, enjoying my event free day, my son comes in from Grandmother's house and informs me there is a snake on her driveway. My oldest son heads out to save the day with BB gun in one hand and "sword" (otherwise known as a machetti) in the other. Before he could get down there my grandmother has chopped on its head and my 6 year old daughter had taken a board and smashed on its body. I am sure she was yelling "die, die, die" as she stomped. I asked her why she did that. "I hate snakes." So officially, my almost 90 year old grandmother and 6 year old daughter are law breakers. Did you know it was illegal to kill a snake in TN???
Well, I am thankful that I have such fearless females around me.

A Day of Rest

Finally, a day of rest. Nothing on the calendar to do. Yippee. Last week was full of VBS. And as wonderful and fun as that was, it was alot of work and tiring. We had 9 children accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior!!! How exciting. So our hard work and exhausting evenings were more than worth it.